Chapter 615 - Climax 28...

Meanwhile....

Xio Lee and Stefen had already climbed the nearest tree to the building, and were sitting at the edge of the branch looking downwards across the large wall. Several armed men were standing guarding a gigantic open to sky hall, which was beautifully decorated with gigantic pillars. Apart from this hall, they could not see any part of the building but only the tall walls and closed windows.

"Ok Stef. Tell me what can we find inside." Xio Lee looked at the boy sitting at the edge of another tree, looking at the building. He then closed his eyes and took few deep breaths trying to figure the situation for a few seconds. "Hmm...  I sense a lot of commotion in the centre wing of the building. So we can expect to find more men in the middle. Towards the left I sense something very dark and strange. This is something which I have never felt before. As if...  some really dark forces live there." Stefen frowned a bit closing his eyes again and then immediately opened his eyes in surprise." It is so dark and dangerous. And towards the right I sense, very less commotion and vibrations. In the right I do snese something but just vibration. Maybe the men are already killed by somebody. So basically we have to deal with all the men present in the centre and dark forces present in the left. And I do not think there is any person in the right."

"Hmmm... could be Steve'S or Davis's room in right wing. It must not be that easy to get a direct access to their room. Besides even if we get a direct access somehow, it is not our job to kill them. So we should take the middle path and kill more men to make way for Kareem and Rhehan as there are already no alive men in the right." Xio Lee pondered looking at Stefen who in return nodded his head in a yes.

Soon they both had jumped to stand on the thick tall wall of the building and looked down and saw a few men guarding the building with guns in their hands. The large hall leaded the way to three staircases, towards left, right and middle. They both looked at each other knowing that they would chose the stairs leading to the middle section of the building. The large hall was entirely built of white marble, in contrast to the building's gray color from outside.

First Xio Lee jumped, right on top of man slicing his neck with a knife instantly. He caught the attention of several men who now aimed their guns at Xio Lee. Stefen started to shoot those men while still standing on top of the wall, while Xio Lee jumped hiding behind the a marble pillar. He then quickly took out two guns from his pocket and shot down several men who were aiming for them. Soon the entire hall was filled with sharp stench of blood and Stefen quickly jumped down from the wall and they both rushed to the stairs leading to the middle part of the building.

As soon as the stairs ended, they entered a long corridor covered with a red colored lush carpet. To their surprise, the entire corridor was empty in contrast to what Stefen had perceived. Xio Lee and Stefen frowned looking at each other in confusion.

"Do you want to try again Stef? Maybe there was some confusion." Xio Lee looked at the long corridor, which was well lit and completely vacant.

"No. I cannot be wrong master." Stefen frowned as they took a few steps ahead. He closed his eyes again and then suddenly halted holding Xio Lee's arm with much force. "Do not move! Just stop."

Stefen shouted in  much shock.

Xio Lee turned to look at Stefen in confusion and halted his steps immediately. "What is it Stef?"  He then looked around in confusion seeing no sign of any sort of danger. Stefen closed his eyes again, trying to understand what he was perceiving from his atmosphere and then immediately bent down on his knees touching the red colored beautiful carpet spread all over the long corridor. He then instantly pushed the carpet a bit and they both looked at it in shock. Below the carpet was a pool, which was filled with a dark purple colored poisonous liquid. The liquid reminded Lee of the poison that was given to Miso, which made her die within minutes. "This is the poison of a snake. Do you know what this could mean?"

"Yes." Stefen gulped in fear. "Inside the castle there must be at least a thousand snakes living somewhere." He wiped the sweat from his head looking at Xio Lee with worried eyes. "We really have to be really careful master. The tough part has now just begun."

Xio Lee nodded his head in a 'yes' thinking very carefully. "So why do you think you perceived so much commotion in the centre of the building?"

"I think, there is some other way  to reach the centre part of the building. Maybe we should try taking the earlier stairs we saw leading to the right part of the building. This was probably a trap." He pursed his lips looking once again at the gigantic pool of venom. Xio Lee quickly dragged the carpet above the pool revealing some more of the venom. "If any of our family members, come here we need to make sure they do not fall for this trap. So I have slide this carpet a bit more so that the poison is easily visible."

They both then turned around to walk back to the large hall and took the other stairs leading to the right part of the castle. This time, they both were taking slower steps looking around them very carefully, making sure that they do not fall for any trap. Soon they climbed the stairs and reached another long corridor, this time with no carpet.